Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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OWL ' & ?wk'?i NW? wh*" """? *" uln"? Ar' A",e?" _ ....if an hour after 8Un fr*? (fxwn, is the day ?L U,Vmi ^l TWB ?toP folks are >'?rtl ttt >vork' ?r 5*> ^ ?\v!s are pulling up pit *!''1 irv Mini turning over for ^ JH><| ?*<?* ? ? !**r "'Jh .....nitwr of th? f?>mlly, fT*' *ua. ^reech-owl, 1h one of the K"! -?-',,f 11,1 ** h,w,flLu,: Hut I" rl?hi >'?"> M""k "h"; H? ' ? i.lr.1, ? ??' morettpt as -on* "'?<< of ? fly M Never in his life did he utter F 'i iKirdsrlag on ?H#W*ch or a f*)U Th0 he inakeH. when ad ^1, hls ?? hereabouts to hiH mate. * 1 a II.mmmI.ik' rattle. By gw ,UH?,.r !????'?' "?htly u*allUrt the V5moult), and then expelling L .,r?atn th?- seuim tbus made is a Si linltatloi. of the screech owl's call. R k lift iHMl not unpleasant aouml. Lf a plaintive quivering thrill as If Sp oilt of Lis throat while ahiver-J L from a '1,111 ()nc vt,ry lTu?Ur L about an -wis ts their noiseless hi No ninttci' hosr i>lg an owl ift*y fhi* wiiiirt* iiwik?> no more aouiul than L. (1f a batlerlly: this Ls j>ne reason ^iu? is so successful as a hunter of Ull gamtv The little field mouse, gw niontr in the Brass, has not an aJiu'' of the iicameHH of danger, tfn Kf feels the grip of talons around u InhIv. I >ro\vs,v sparrows hear not LiihI as this silent death brlrtgs up , (he limb beside. This owl buntjlin j^cls ami '-roves,-at* weH^ifw^ln the Mia favorite range is along hedge-. J-.'ami among low growing hushes,' ^ usual sleeping places of the spar er trilM' Though field mice and arrows are what he would always njfr. if be frequented quick-lunch outers, be i< glad to sup spiders, ba (makes. -rasshopiH'rs. eartl* worms,' Sjckefs. caterpillar*, or crawfish. So y.,,1 soe there is nothing narrow about lim when if conn?s to victuals. I He lias ;i provident streak running through his makeup?a disposition to jir up somethitig for a "rainy day,", Sfer during warm spells In winter, lie' ?forages a" nitfht- long and lays up. a store for stormy nights when he can-; i?t get ..in He knows that game wtll keep In o?1d weather, jind ?o he does, tot hesitate tf* kill ana pack away as ton? as his pantry Will hold It. On Mnstery winter night#, when the storm ing Is abroad, and w"heu the snow and fflniN howl among the branches, he dearly loves a midnight snack down in fhe rozy warmth of hts hollow. Ho is uot'tlie xIiil'lmi'.I that some people think ?inl lie doe* n.it sleep away rertlly all tbe (hiylL'ln hours, but often sits in hi* front d and with unblinking rv.s gaze* : l" the future: He seems to Ik- in - ; . f trance, and one may stainl I..-). ' i nd make all "kinds of l nr>i<es. ev. t.. the" shooting of a gun, bnt the i?\\ ? does not so much as hat an eye. >?*!? will sit and stare into spaiv like -mile graven* image. If daylight -1 :iM catch him out in the open, and ' gets mixed up as to di reeti-Hi. a i fail* to regain his hol low. lie w i?" make himself look as much like lii< -?r!?..millings as possible. ?l?d will ina^ipi'M-ade as a knot on the tree, or au ornament ou the gate-'post, until th'1 touched his eyes and fires him back his sight.?All owls an^ very d.- eptive as to their size, as they are nurhing like as big. as tl?ey lw?k. Their plumage Is so light and fluffy, and -tands out so straight from the body, that they apt>?ar much larg er than they really are. If you could w a it owl undressed, you would not NcogniM Mm. little bare body u*lng about the sliso of # catbird's. By the wmy. wonder why a picked bird ?? always Hisjken of as "dfWFWd ? Brought to l*?t analysis, an owl Is found to t>e mostly claw* and feathers ~~nnd the very lightest feat horn In all the range of bird clothing* HH thfti. The owl has tho reputation of being uncommonly wUe-*^ reputation bo lias iron by simply looking a* If ho know it all. and keeping his month shut?a scheme wuccessfully worked by some Unmans of our acquaintance. With all thrlr retiring ways, tbe mother owl Uttf* not know what fear is. when she gets In her head that tho babies are li? danger, tune evening at twilight, the writer was walking s*nwljr back and forth under hemlock* that overhung the path; and while pa.islng directly under these trees, something struok hliu sharply on the head, knocking off Mm hat. and Inflicting three slight scalp wounds. An examination disclosed a pair of baby owls seated side by aide on a Uml> extended over the walk. The anxious mother rv/ented the prox imity of human headgear to her,big eyed darlings and sailed In to-protect them. Screech owls should be encour aged to take up their abode near barns and outbuildings, as th^v will prove a potent factor in checking the number of house mice and wood mice that us ually infest such places.?C. A. David, iu (Jreenvllle News. Wateree MUl Village Notes. Mrs. Lena Hunter of Rock Hill is visiting Mrs. 1>. T. Hancock and Mrs. John Kay. ? - ilrs. Sally Caroblell, of < olnmbla, H1>ent Sunday with her brothers Messrs Jim and Dove Droudy. Mrs. Lela Anderson ami children of Lancaster, spoilt last week end with relatives here. Mrs. B. 1'*. Pearce ami little son, Lindsay Is visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. .7. Sanders. 0 . Misses May Stokes and Lela San ders have returned,,to Columbia after spending a -vacation with Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Sanders. ? Mr. Joe West and family is spending a few days with relatives In Harts Misses Bell and Mat tie MoCasklll of Columbia Is viRittng Mr. and ^1?^ T. J. Truesdell. i Mrs. Mary Davis, Mrs. Johnnie Da vis, Miss Asbery and Mr. Tillman Da vis spent Sunday with relatives in Bethune. t Miss Annie Moore of Columbia was. a visitor In the village on last Sun ^?Mrs. Belk siient the week end with lier daughter Mrs. Daisy I^lk at Ha ^ Mr. Clyde Biker and daughter. Mar garet. spent the week end at Htfgood with Mrs. Bakers sister Mrs. Daisy; rtelk. J , . ?tw, Mr. Wade West spent the week end ill Columbia visiting his wife who is at the Columbia Hospital for treat ment. * . \ %t \\r Mrs L- T- Baker. Mr and Mrs. W. M Knight. Mrs. Eliza Player. Mrs: Irene Wilson, Misses Minnie Ray, Martha Hancock. Annie and Docla Hancock spent Sunday in Columbia. Mrs Callie Davis, who has been at the Camden Hospital for treatment, h?s returned home and Is doing nlcelj. , On last Friday evening from 7 :30 to 10 p. ni. at the Village Club House, a reception was tendered by a party of the village girls. The house has just lieen flnlslied and was very pretty and attractively decorated for the occasion with cut flowers and colored lights. Mrs J E. Robinson, Mrs. FinVher and Miss Pea rile Clark welcomed the gnwts ami ushered them through the Club ! moms. Refreshments were wrvnl by | Miss Kut Ii wild Mil at or Mended RflWo | son. Mostc was furnished by Miss j I Annie kale Alford nt the piano and the ."ii'.' ? by little Misses Willie Blanch ! ami M?y (inr?lner were very appro priate. * The*weather whh i?erfeot ami the vev^MiliiK was a very pleasant one Indeed. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. J. 10. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. J II Wllsou, Mr and Mrs. Flncher, Mr J. !> Shaw, Mr II. K HaUett, Mr. Dahly, Miss Hollls Oatoe, Mr. Ham lOv.ans, Master Mendel Robinson, Miss es Pearile Clark, lassie Wilson, I.Ik zle (Mark, Ola Illeks, Docla . I- Cor nell, Itnth Robinson, Christine Jones, Anhle Kpradlcy, Annie Wilson, Chrlafc Ine Flncher, Mrs, Bonnie Gardner, Mrs, Tons ley, Miss Annie Kate Alford, Wil lie- Blanch and May Gardner, and lit tle Miss Grace Robinson. ? Preaching next Sunday morning at) II o'clock: evening service at 8 o'clock hy the i>astor Rev. F, A. Lyles. Sun-, day School at 10 a. ui. < Stockton News Notes. lioykln, S. C\, August 1.?Mr, Joe! Wiley, of 8u niter, i was the week-vnd gnest at. the home of Mrs. Elizabeth So well, MJss Katie, Turner spent last week with Miss Nell Gil lis at Rembert. Miss Jezebel Shirley, of Cainden, Is spending this week , with Miss Ithano] Galloway. Mrs. Nell'1 Pearee entertained the 11U| tie girls around here Monday after noon In honor ' of little Miss Lucille Smith, who is visiting her. those who attended were Madge Seagle, Ell xalK'th Pea roe. Mae, Marie and Annie] Turner. Manrlne and Clara Mae Se'w ell, Nat icy and Thelma Pearee, and Rlma Johnson. lemonade and cake I were served, Messrs. Francis Galloway and Claud Moore, of Ashland, spent a few* "days i last week at the home of Mr. C. V. Galloway here. Miss Ethel Humphries, of Sumter, is] visiting nt .the home of her uncle, Mr. B. M. Pearce. The protracted meeting will begin at Swiff Creek church Sunday, August 5th, at 8:30 p. m., and will continue through the week. Rev. Ben Green, of] Florida, will preach. Messrs. Larry Smith, of Woodrow, ^mK'huii, of Blshopvllle, were in this] community on business Tuesday. Mr. Jesse Glilts and two daughters, Gertrude and Lula, and Mr. James] Realties, were visitors in this section Sunday from Rembert. - ? Mrs. Jesse S^well and children, Mau rlne and John Franklin, have returned from a visit to relatives and friends' in Hartsville. Mr. T.ang MeC? .\ spent a few days1 last week- at/Hie home of Mr. B. M*. Pea fee Mr. ?nd"tMrs. W, R. Gardner and Mr. A. E.'Vulmer motored to Florence' last Wednesday. . The Aduerican Shipyard Dock I Corporation of Beaufort, which \Vas rc . cently organized and chartered Is al ready busy eonstruetjng their plant. The present plans call for two ways, cach .155 feet long, together with nec essary buildings for machine shops, water sheds, etc. In me general plan ample room is left j^or additional wfiys. The new South (Carolina enterprise starts with bright prospects for suc cess. Many of the stockholders arc jieople living in the north and east who Ijave considerable experience in ship building and are possessed of ample capital to back their Intention. The company, has already secured con tracts for Avork totaling $1,650,000. This work consists of steam lighters aud tiie like, pll ocean going vessels. : 7 No higher quality anywhere. Every .motorist should own a complete assort ment?for emergency. The best known Fisk Sundries are Fisk Emergency Patches, Pure Fine Para Cement in tubes and cans, and Fisk Repair Materials?all backed by the Fisk guar anlee of quality. See This New Patch? It will get you Home. It has the strength whore you want it?thick in the center. Covers a large cut but, because all waste rubber is eliminated, costs less. Most efficient and best value cement less patch on the market?the best insurance you'll get home. Easy to put on. ^ * C f ' ~4 Fisk Tires and Sundries For Sale By W. O. Hay Camden it I SSI \\s ON TIIKIK OWN soi i.. "lUoiui hi id Irvii" l'olky to Br AdoptwJ TO Will? TIm?II Illlo Slmpc. Having; retreated a distance of ap proximately oUe hundred miles from whfel't' Kerensky, the "Iron man *?f ltug*la," curried (hem iii his person* ally coiidueteri drive early In the pre* eiit montli, the ICnsslan army on the I he line in Bust (iallctu Is again on ltusslan soli onlw>th sides of Husltftyn, and Is still betlig followed by the for<vs of the Teutonic allies. Likewise the armies to the north and south continue to fall hack .be fore I he etu'iuy. at a Tew points only standi UK to offer a semblance of re sistance and then only for short 1*6' rkxls of time." Wherever those of the faithful troops attempt to give battle they are harassed by numerically stronger forces of the Teutons and cou?iK'lle<l to give ground, receiving no assistance from fludr reealeltrunt former brothers-inarms whose tuuin effort continues to \Hj to get out of striking distance of the enemy. Mo fast has been the retirement of the Russians and the advances of the enemy toward liukowina that already ait arch-like formation has been thrown westward of Csernowlta, the capital, with the northern end resting on Woclawice, 'JoO miles distant, and the southern end to the east of Kuty, on the western border of the crown land Evidently the preparations for the a ml Iron" policy of the govern meiil against tlt?* disaffected troop* shortly will lift |??t into full for<-e, for Minister of War Kerensky, 1h on the W3y to the Russian headquarters/there to cotifop with the military leaders to formulate plans to stay the retreat and compel v the troops to stand and face the f<K? as the Russians in the south ern Carpathian region are doing. Down along the latter front, the Rus sians aided b.v the Rumnnittus, con tin^*' to fom> the Teutonic allies to cede ground, especially in the Upper Put a valley. Again the French troops fighting in the AI sue region Of France have turnip in various counter-attacks iff/the German crown prince put down aji offensive It had started between ffiurtohU ami I^ilu>v?lle. and made good gains against it all along the line. Several attacks by the Germans in the Verdun sector, notably Ivefween the ninch-fought-for ground in the re gion of the Avocourt wood and Hill 304 also were repulsed by General Petaln's forces. Meanwhile, although- the Infantry operations arc on a minor scale4, eon* psisilng mainly of raids by.the British the great artillpry ooel which has been In progress in inlanders for more Jiiiuiij u week continues unabated. The visitation of (German sliells on Niett , port is tremendous, and the British | are replying almost shot for shot I against the German line. To the i south around the Vlmy ridge aud Lens and at Ariuentleres. the duel ! continues of great proportions. | I Simultaneously, in the air the fight | ing machines of Great Britain and <Jermany are carrying out maneuvers ! <?f proportions never before seen, with both sides sustaining losses in air craft shot doivn or sent hurtling earthward out of control. As anr in dication of the intensity of these apl'Hl combats thirty German airplanes were accented for in the "latent fighting trr addition to two observation balloons which were shot down in flames. The British-war office admits that .thirteen of the Royal air squadron failed to return to their bases. The German war. office asset ts, however, that thir ty-flve British planes were shot down. On Friday and Saturday nights German airmen attempted to bomb/ Paris. In the first attacks three suburban sections were reached and bombs dropiied, which caused the in* jury of several persons. The attempt of Baturday night was entirely futile the raiders not even reaching the en viruns of the capital, being sent scur rying l>y the watchful French air men. One German aviator, despite its distinguishing marks dropped four bombs on a Red Gross hospital near the fighting front, ^(illlug two doctors, a chemist and a male nurse and In juring a few other persons. Including patients. Should Buy Seed Early. .. Clemson College, S. ?C. July 31. OwiUf? to the sma])l crop of small] grain -made this year seed will like lv l>e uraClT^higher than they were last year. ' Already seedsmen are I nixing Up all they can get in order to get the l?eneflt of the possible high* prices this fall. As much as] $2,OA per -bushel_is already being aak ed for seed oats. Those wlro ctfpe-et to plant much small grain thin fall should make every effort possible to get the *e&l as soon as possible to avoid the paying of higher prices this fall. Heedsthen ,are buying now #at prices higher than were paid >laat yeaf, and this should cause every farmer ybo expects ro plant small gralii to get the seed now. By all meangtharo should be-a-^ttFtyer trroir of smaugrainptanred tfcTs fall than ever before, ami -a saving can be t nwde.lqr buying seed no?r. There~are a number'"of farmers who will have some seed to sell, and by buying from those nearest home, a Having In freight can be made. Those %ho have seed to sel 1, should offer them on tho lo cal market. Plans should^ t?e made now to get In a good big crop ot small .grain, and 1 the seed purchased ?as soon as |Mi^sfble. ^ .< Dan nnd .Terry Rontr negro brothers. charged wttb the killing of Siqieon Bennett, a white man, were taken from the jail at Amite City, T?a., and hanged to a tree in the corporate lim its of the city. YOUR HAY = Mules, Horses, Cows and Hogs have to be fed and it is vary important that we save every blade of .'grass for winter supply of rough food. Now is the time to give this your attention. When you think of farm implements remember we are agents for Emerson Standard Mowers, Horse Hakes, "rain Drills, etc. More small grain will be planted than ever before In this county. It is absolutely necessary to cast aside the old methods and adopt new methods and labor sav ing devices in order to make two bushels of grain grow where only one grew before. The Government is calling on the Farmers to make foodstuffs. You cannot make crops with obsolete tools. Come in* and we will show you our up-to-date line of farm implements. Shannon ' The Store-That Carries The Stock. THE UNIVERSAL CAR In the .scale of advancing business costs Ford travel continued the name positive economy. City and country salesmen, manufacturers, merchant*, professional men? every demand for motor car transportation is satis lied in the Ford ear at about two cents a mile to operate and maintain. Over l,75(l,0ft() Ford cars /ire making performance and profits every day. Runabout $.'145, Touring Car $30u. Coupelet $505, Town Car $.51X1, Sedan $<145r-vall f. o. b. Detroit. Place yonr order now. KERSHAW MOTOR CO. Phdne No. 140 East DeKalb St. Do your banking in our National Bank! MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM OF BANKS Wh^i you do your banking with lis you do it with ft Mem liffHwlrBf Ulg FtflWil ?f UM? imrTartrlnit" fo show it wftH * strong hank before It could become a member. ?'?* We are one o( * vi4~ Maly d. b&iik.i ffhtcli stand together Tor the protection of our deptdtors. ?>. rj; ^ Our bank can tftke its securities to our Central Reoerve Bank at any time and gH money. When your money is in our bank you ran get it when you wont it. I*t T YOUR MONEY IN OUR IBANK ? - - x , v . - ' y.4 ?? ?>.? .at ? '??' - --.t First Nationa AC r A MHCM Q r